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    Trul khor is a Vajrayana Buddhist discipline from Tibet that includes yoga postures, breathing exercises, and visualization. It aims to work with the mind-wind energy in the body. It traditionally consists of 108 movements including postures, mantras, breathing, and visualizations likened to prayer beads. A prominent teacher of trul khor, Namkhai Norbu, introduced it to the West under the name Yantra Yoga.

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    Trul khor

    Tsa lung Trul khor (Sanskrit: vayv-adhisra magical movement instrument, channels and inner breath
    currents), known in short as Trul khor magical instrument or magic circle (adhisra[1] ) is a Vajrayana
    discipline which includes pranayama and body postures
    (asanas). From the perspective of Dzogchen, the mind
    is merely vyu breath in the body. Thus working with
    vyu and the body is paramount, while meditation on the
    other hand is considered contrived and conceptual.
    Namkhai Norbu, a prominent proponent of trul khor,
    prefers to use the Sanskrit equivalent term, Yantra Yoga,
    when writing in English. Trul khor derives from the
    instructions of the Indian mahasiddhas who founded
    Vajrayana.
    Trul khor traditionally consists of 108 movements, including bodily movements (or dynamic asanas), incantations (or mantras), pranayama and visualizations. The
    ow or vinysa of movements are likened to prayer beads.
    Trul khor asanas are depicted on the walls of the Dalai
    Lama's summer temple of Lukhang.

    Lung

    Main article: Lung (Tibetan Buddhism)


    rlung (Wylie) is equivalent to the Sanskrit vyu.

    English discourse

    Namkhai Norbu opened the English discourse on Trul


    Khor with his treatise on Yantra Yoga,[2] essentially a
    commentary on a practical yoga manual by Vairotsana.
    Namkhai Norbu tilled the ground for the dissemination
    of Yantra Yoga through his practical teaching and esoteric transmission of this discipline within the International Dzogchen Community which he founded post 1975
    from its seat in Italy, Merigar.

    3 Primary texts

    Chaoul (2006) has opened the discourse of Bon traditions


    of Trul Khor into Western scholarship in English with
    his thesis from Rice University.[3] In his work, Chaoul
    makes reference to a commentary by the famed Bonpo
    Dzogchen master, Shardza Tashi Gyaltsen.

    Tibetan: ,
    Wylie: 'phrul 'khor nyi zla kha sbyor gyi dgongs 'grel
    dri med nor bu'i me long

    Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche's text Awakening the Sacred


    Body presents some of the basic practices of trul khor
    according to the Tibetan Bon tradition.[4]

    Shardza Tashi Gyaltsen: byang zab nam mkha' mdzod chen las snyan rgyud rtsa rlung 'phrul 'khor
    1

    See also
    Desi Sangye Gyatso
    Six yogas of Naropa
    Vairotsana
    Padmasambhava

    Notes

    [1] Wallace, Karma Chagm ; with commentary by Gyatrul


    Rinpoche ; translated by B. Alan (1998). A spacious path
    to freedom : practical instructions on the union of Mahmudr and Atiyoga. Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications. p. 69. ISBN 1559390719.
    [2] Andrico, Fabio (2013). Tibetan yoga of movement : the
    art and practice of yantra yoga. Berkeley, California:
    North Atlantic Books. ISBN 9781583945568. |rst1=
    missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
    [3] Chaoul, Alejandro (2006). Magical movements ('phrul
    'khor): ancient yogic practices in the Bon religion and contemporary medical perspectives. Rice University. p. 52.
    Retrieved 7 March 2011.
    [4] Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche 2011.

    References
    Chaoul-Reich, Alejandro. Spinning the Magical
    Wheel in Snow Lion Magazine. Snow Lion Publications. Retrieved 1 December 2006.
    Chaoul-Reich, Alejandro. Tibetan Yoga from the
    Bon Tradition in Snow Lion Magazine. Snow Lion
    Publications.
    Lipson, Elaine. Into the Mystic in Yoga Journal.
    Norbu, Chgyal Namkhai (2000). Revision: Laura
    Evangelisti. Translation: Des Barry, Nina Robinson, Liz Granger, Carol Chaney. Yantra Yoga Manual. Italy, Shang Shung Edizioni. (This booklet
    is published for those who have received the transmission of these practices from Chgyal Namkhai
    Norbu Rinpoche.)
    Trulkhor: The Magical Movement of Tibet by M.
    Alejandro Chaoul
    Yogic practices in the Bon tradition by M Alejandro
    Chaoul
    Ancient drawing from the Blue Beryl by Sangye
    Gyamtso (1653-1705)

    EXTERNAL LINKS

    Lipman, Kennard (1987).'The Dynamic Yoga of


    Tibet: combining asanas, breathing exercises, and
    owing movements, Yantra Yoga aims to return us
    to our natural state.' Cited in: Yoga Journal, May
    1987, No. 74. Active Interest Media. ISSN 01910965. Source: (accessed: Friday April 9, 2010) p.
    46-49
    Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche (2011). Awakening the
    Sacred Body. Hay House. ISBN 1-4019-2871-4.

    7 Further reading
    Chogyal Namkhai Norbu, Trans. by Adriano
    Clemente. Yantra Yoga Snow Lion Publications.
    Chang, Garma C. C.: Teachings of Tibetan Yoga/an
    Introduction to the Spiritual, Mental, and Physical
    Exercises of the Tibetan Religion, Publisher: Kensington Pub Corp, Published: 1 October 1993, ISBN
    978-0-8065-1453-6

    8 External links
    Ligmincha introduction
    Chaoul, M. Alejandro (2003). Yogic practices (rtsarlung phr ul khor) in the Bon tradition and possible applications as a CIM (complementary and integrative medicine) therapy. Presented at the Tenth
    Seminar in 2003 for the International Association
    for Tibetan Studies.
    Literature from the Tibetan Tradition Relevant to
    Six Yogas of Naropa Practitioners - An Annotated
    Bibliography and Selected Excerpts
    Yantra Yoga The website dedicated to Yantra Yoga.

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